Firearms Information

Firearms Licensing

To retrieve a lost PIN number contact DCJIS at (617) 660-4722 during normal business hours 8:00am - 6:00pm Monday - Friday.

Need an LTC / FID license or need to renew one?

Completed renewal applications can be dropped off at the police station at any time or can be mailed. Remember to include the $100 application fee. Pay Online

First time applicants must make an appointment for an interview with the Chief of Police in order to submit your application. 

What you will need to bring with you when applying:

  • Massachusetts Driver's License
  • Your old LTC/FID If Renewal
  • Copy of Approved Firearms Safety Course Certificate If New Applicant
  • Parental Consent Form If Under 18
  • Application Fees Pay Online
  • LTC/FID $100.00 Click on link to pay on-line
  • Free Renewal for Persons Over 70 Years of Age
  • $25.00 Clink on link to pay on-line for First Time Chemical Spray Permit or Under 18 Applicant

Police Department will take photographs and fingerprints.

Forms and Links

Approved Basic Firearms Safety Course

The Whately Police Department offers the approved 6 hour LTC-001 Massachusetts Police Chiefs of Police Association Basic Firearms Safety Course free of charge for Whately residents ages 14 and up. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to apply for an LTC Class A for handguns or FID Class C for rifles and shotguns. This course does not include any live fire exercises.

For more information, or if you would like to sign up for this course please click here to contact Chief James A. Sevigne Jr. by email.

If you are seeking your firearms permit to hunt in Massachusetts for the first time, you are required to take a certified "Hunter Safety Course". Please click here to visit the Mass Wildlife Hunter Education website.

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